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The Perks of Being a Wallflower

Stephen Chbosky

Start date: November 1, 2018

Finish date: November 29, 2018

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Apr 28, 2013 Samar rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

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Jun 24, 2018 Kate rated it really liked it

This is a book set in the early 1990s. It is a collection of letters from Charlie to his friend that he writes during the course of his freshman year of high school. Charlie is an observer, a wallflower, a passenger on the journey of life. The letters comprise his thoughts and observations.

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Dec 22, 2015 Martha rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: lgbtqia-sexuality, fiction, needs-trigger-warning, read-2016

A beautiful coming-of-age story, I only wish I'd read it before the movie so I hadn't known what would happen! ...more

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Oct 29, 2012 Hannah rated it liked it · review of another edition

There is always danger in reading a book about which you've heard a lot. Not if people say it's just okay, I guess, but if they tell you it was amazing and completely changed their lives...BEWARE. My reason for saying this is that I liked this book, but it didn't change my life. There are a lot of important issues that Chbosky brings into play with his characters, and he represents certain high school experiences very well. My two problems with the book were pretty small: 1)When a serious and co ...more

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Mar 04, 2019 Megan Bingman rated it it was amazing

I really loved this coming of age story and I am sure it will be one that I will read and re-read several times. 💗

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Jan 14, 2019 Catherine James rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: 2019-popsugar-reading-challenge

I'm left... confused.

Thus was read as part of PopSugar 2019 reading challenge prompt 5: a book with over 1M reviews on GoodReads.

Why so many reviews though?! I mean, the book is not rubbish, or maybe it just went over my head or something, but I don't understand the fuss. Oort of felt like I was waiting for an overarching plot that just never happened.

And what was with the curveball at the end!? That really came out of no where. It didn't tidy up loose ends, or offer any kind of a-ha! moment. ...more

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